Wilson Renominated by Acclamation at Democratic Convention
In a packed Coliseum crowd of 12000 Woodrow Wilson was renominated for president and Thomas Marshall for vice president by acclamation with one dissenting vote. John W. Wescott praised Wilson as schoolmaster and leader while Senator Kern moved to allow William Jennings Bryan to speak and address the convention.
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Supreme Court
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Boulder Boy Recovers After Tick Bite Paralysis
Orville Clifford, the %-year-old son of Frank Clifford of Ninot, had been paralyzed for ten days following a woodtick bite but regained leg use.
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Austrians Leave Czernowitz as War Front Advances
London reports Austrian evacuation of Czernowitz Bukowina as Russian offensive pushes from Volhynia toward Lutsk. Russians claim thousands of prisoners and captured guns while counterattacks and entrenchments continue. French seize Germ an trench near Dead Mans Hill at Verdun.
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Slayer Pleads For Life In Wyoming Murder Trial
Mort Colling-Cornelius Gray stood trial in the District Court for the murder of Nels Neilson a Granite county Wyoming ranchman. The case follows Clyde Pearson’s death penalty conviction for killing Sheriff Roach of Cheyenne. The state seeks the same fate as Pearson and Gray offered to plead guilty.
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Nels Neilson
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Cheyenne
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James Praises Wilson At Democratic Convention
Senator Ollie M James of Kentucky lauded President Wilson at the Democratic National Convention for a four year record of progressive legislation and peace. He praised Wilson’s foreign policy and tariff actions, saying the administration protected American rights without sacrificing national honor.
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Hughes Accepts Nomination and Resigns Supreme Court Post
Charles Evans Hughes accepts the presidential nomination amid national calls for Americanism and preparedness. He resigns from the Supreme Court effective immediately, pledging to serve in the campaign while defending civil rights, diplomacy, and national security.
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Bear Wreck Toll and Rescue Details Near Mendocino
A Chamber of Commerce committee reports 204 of 210 aboard the steamship Bear accounted for. About 172 Bear passengers or crew remain in Eureka, 27 in Ferndale and Capetown, and five are dead. The vessel struck a rock off Mendocino. fourteen lifeboats escaped, two reached Bear river mouth, one capsized. Fog and current blamed. Also from Douglas, Calles says 1800 cavalry will crush Yaqui bands in Sonora within thirty days, driving them into Arizona or Chihuahua.
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House Passes Taylor's Bill Expands County Land Purchases
The House approved Representative Howard Taylor's bill allowing towns cities and counties within fifty miles to acquire public lands for parks and cemeteries with limits of 640 acres for park use and 320 acres for cemeteries Roy Canon Park for Salida was granted and unsurveyed lands were opened to homesteaders with five months leave of absence.
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World in Paragraphs Reports Move in Global Fronts
The dispatches detail Austrian entrenchments west of Lutsk and Brusiloff's northern counteroffensive gains. Russians claim new front advances from Volhynia to Bukowina, with 95,409 prisoners reported. Verdun trench taken and Italians capture Austrian positions east of Montalcone. Authorities note demonstrations and political shifts in the U.S. as Wilson and Marshall are renominated, labor actions in Butte, and new women's league formation in Chicago.
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Roosevelt Declines Nomination at Progressive Convention
Col Roosevelt sends a conditional refusal to the Progressive convention in Chicago. He declines the nomination for president, suggests forwarding his conditional stance to the Progressive national committee, and allows action based on Hughes statements and national interest. The convention approves his letter and adjourns.
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Pueblo tragedy described in August 1915 case
A pantomime style description recounts the killing of Jad Doyle by Pete Gradish a Bessemer bartender. The court session in Judge Rizer's division lasts about twenty minutes before Gradish is sentenced to eleven years in the penitentiary.
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France to Move Up Clocks Daylight Saving Enacted
Paris reports the Senate adopted a daylight saving bill after the example of Germany England Italy and the Scandinavian nations advancing legal time by one hour.
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